The policy states that account information including email address, date of birth, and copies of government ID are retained for the lifetime of the account; transaction-related information is retained for 7 years; customer support query information is retained for the lifetime of the account.
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This provision establishes that copies of government-issued identification documents are retained for the full lifetime of the account rather than only for the duration of the verification process, which represents a retention period that compliance teams should evaluate against data minimization principles under applicable law.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify the duration of post-deletion retention for fraud prevention or legal compliance purposes, creating uncertainty about the total period for which certain data may be held.
Under this clause, Lime retains a copy of the user's government-issued ID and account information for the full duration of the account's existence; users who delete their accounts may still have certain data retained for fraud prevention, fee collection, legal compliance, or legal rights enforcement as described in the policy.
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"We keep your information for as long as is reasonably necessary to provide the Services to you or until your account is deleted, whichever is longer, subject to any longer period as may be required by applicable law or notified to you. For example: We retain account information, such as your email address and your date of birth, or a copy of your ID, for the lifetime of the account. Certain information relating to transactions relating to an account are retained for 7 years in line with Lime's accounting obligations; We retain information related to customer support queries for the lifetime of the account.Excerpt from Lime's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Article 5(1)(e) storage limitation principle, which requires personal data to be kept no longer than necessary for the purpose for which it was processed.
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This provision establishes that copies of government-issued identification documents are retained for the full lifetime of the account rather than only for the duration of the verification process, which represents a retention period that compliance teams should evaluate against data minimization principles under applicable law.
Under this clause, Lime retains a copy of the user's government-issued ID and account information for the full duration of the account's existence; users who delete their accounts may still have certain data retained for fraud prevention, fee collection, legal compliance, or legal rights enforcement as described in the policy.
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